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ENEWS: Redistricting data and equitable rural economies
MN Compass articles - redistricting and new demographic data Check out Minnesota Compass for some great, useful articles! Research scientist Justin Hollis wrote a brief guide to redistricting data in Minnesota and the role that newer demographic data may play in the state’s redistricting process. Hollis breaks down different population growth statistics (particularly pertaining to racial and ethnic population growth), how that data will b... Read More
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ENEWS: National Latinx and Hispanic Heritage Month, plus lots of events!
National Latinx and Hispanic Heritage Month September 15th through October 15th is National Latinx and Hispanic Heritage Month! Below is a list of resources and events for celebrating in Minnesota, as well as a list for reading up on the history and context of National Latinx and Hispanic Heritage Month and Latinx identities. MN events & resources: For the Minneapolis area, here’s a list of places and ways to celebr... Read More
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ENEWS: Labor Day & the return to work
Labor Day This week we observed Labor Day (officially recognized as a federal holiday in 1894), a day originally intended to honor the “common worker.” Check out this article from NPR on three pivotal moments from worker’s history to remember this Labor Day that are “central to U.S. history, the modern labor movement, and today's workplace.” This was now our second Labor Day during COVID-19, which has dra... Read More
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ENEWS: Entrepreneurship and small business assistance
“A New Path to Boost BIPOC Business: The Community Navigator Approach” This article in the Nonprofit Quarterly speaks on a new initiative to address racial economic inequalities called the Community Navigator Pilot Program, which links different cities’ business support systems to each other to improve service to BIPOC-owned and veteran-owned businesses. The initiative, which has $100 million to fund grants to different ... Read More
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ENEWS: Teamwork tools for Equity Development – Sports, Arts, Mapping!
Summer Games support closer to home Dear Growth & Justice e-news readers: Two Minnesotans helped the women’s gymnastics team rally for a silver medal this week in the Tokyo Olympics team competition (Grace McCallum of Isanti, MN, and Suni Lee of St. Paul). And now, as one of several dozen partner organizations bringing equity in youth sports and leadership development via Summer Games closer to home, G & J invites you t... Read More
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